18 Years of God Damn Bullshit: A Memoir

Black Cat

We had been at the store all day

She fell asleep in the car

She wouldn’t let me take her home

Why didn’t I just leave?

My step dad tried to come take her home

They ended up arguing in a gas station parking lot outside of the store

A man called the police on her, saying she sounded drunk

She cursed him out

I wished the police would come, maybe I could sleep that night

I didn’t

When we got home later, I saw a black cat while leaving the car

I looked at it in the eyes as it stopped to witness our calamity

Run. I thought

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